THE PELORUS GUARDIAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 4, 1890. EASY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume I, Issue 3, 4 February 1890, Page 2

THE PELORUS GUARDIAN TUESDAY, FEBRUARY, 4, 1890. EASY MEANS OF COMMUNICATION.

Sasv means o& communication from one part to another is the essential requisite in any cuntry that wishes to keep pace with times in the pr. snt age of rapid progress. If we wish to compete with other countries every method should be adopted by which this Colony can convey its products from one part to another and also to other c mniri •» with the quickest despatch. It is p,o me having good external 'communication if ih« internal is d t < ective. It is, in fact, the internal commquication - with .one part' and another wuich is even more necensary than anything else to secure prosperity, and without which no country can hop} to succeed. Wc are living now in an age of steam and el ctricity, when rapi lily of mm ion appears to he the chi -f factor iu all commo-cial trailsactions, and if a country of community

docs not p isscss au eany and quick

means of transit it? of .unecess arc about as hopeless as am army of soldiers witli bows and arro vg w »ul(l Iv against one armed

with <>ur present modern weapons. These remarks have beau called hnth

from the fact that this district is dreadfully dficint in this respect* and must have been shamefully n-gl-ct.d, in the past,by -jibe p»w that:be.; N>» oiie C'lUld he in the district more than a lew h .ars More he eonll see at a glance that nothing had Iteen dme to assist the setih-rs by making roads and bridges. In c nnparisuii with: 6th r places it is a quarter of a qentury behind the times in respect ]to the ■facilities atfiir led for travelling or the transit of produce.- : ‘he only in’‘an« of communication wo have with Ma’iakipaiva is by the sea, Widen is not always conveai nt, and a wretch d mack -wer the hill which :s hard.y ,s.-f • tor foot pass tigers. A cofr sp'ondeiit drew att ntiun to. the. nutter in our last issue, and it would sc<mi tnat the only in ans by widen we can gel justice done will be to agiut• until lh; G» Vi'i'innent is c mipellod to recognise that this district lias not Iveu treated fairly fn the expenditure of public money. If thetv was a good coacn road over the hill to Cnllensville it would establish a through c *tii nuuica ioti vvitli Picton and Blenheim by another r>mr.e, an I would be a matter of conveai nee mi l utility to the whole of Marlb*r »agi. We are not looking at the muter from a merely local stand point, hut from a broad point of viw. As w* have remarked above every available outlet sh mid he thrown open to the whole i-ommunity and not confine a district to one only which may have become inconvenient owing to altered circam stances. The Mahakipawa goldfields has become aplace of some importance and it has every claim for consideration in this ; respect. : Wry little .moneywould be required to make the pr s nit track over the hill into a good coach road as it is’an easy grade and the hid side would require very little excavation. There are also immeroiWi coi% plaints made as to the making of tracks which have been promised bn*. Diver carried out What is the reason of tins ncgl'*ct ? Toere must surely be money sufficient for these small and .necessary public works, and the only umicmsion we can arrive at is that it is 'absolute neglect on the part of the authorities. A month has claps d since the contracts fur metalling the liai Valley road were let, and as yet no work has been done, Wiiat is tin* Puhic Works Department ab mt is the question we are asked? Surely, the successful tenderer should be c impelled to proceed at once with tin* work or fif it his deposit. Toe fi.ie s asor. will soul pass away and men it will be impossible to do the work. Toere are any amount of men willing'-to casTy out the work ai once at a reoswiiaolt* figure